Character Assassination

https://suno.com/song/056c0607-cfa7-463f-8358-41f85af10892

Verse 1

I never learned to bite my tongue

Or dress the truth in lace

If something’s broke, I say it’s broke

Right there to your face

I’ve watched good nights go bad real fast

When honesty walks in

Funny how the truth shows up

And everybody runs

Chorus

Character assassination

That’s what they call the truth

When it don’t wear gloves

And it cuts clean through

I didn’t lose those women

I didn’t lose those friends

I just stopped pretending

To be somebody else for them

Yeah, honesty’s a lonely road

With no standing ovation

They call it truth

I call it character assassination

Verse 2

One said I was heartless

One said I was cold

A couple old friends buried me

Before the dirt got cold

But I was just the mirror

They didn’t wanna see

Funny how the man who’s real

Becomes the enemy

Bridge

I’ve burned more bridges telling truth

Than lies could ever save

But I’d rather walk alone at night

Than smile beside a fake

Final Chorus (Nuclear Ending)

Character assassination

That’s what honesty becomes

When the truth walks in

And the liars run

I buried love and friendships

For words I wouldn’t take back

Yeah, the truth don’t kill a man…

But it’ll sure shrink his world down to black